Global Intergenerational Week

Generations Working Together

This worldwide campaign encourages everyone to embrace intergenerational practice and relationships. Whether you're an individual, part of a group, organisation, government, or NGO, Global Intergenerational Week has something for everyone.
 
Generations Working Together hope this will be the largest campaign yet – ensuring that intergenerational practice is not just nice, but essential.
 
A Global Partnership
With our global partners, we are encouraging people from across the world to get involved. Watch our film below which gives a flavour of some of the international partners involved and what they will be up to during the week.
 
What’s on?
Each day of the week of the campaign is a different theme:
 
Day 1 (24/04) :Let’s Raise Intergenerational Awareness
Day 2 (25/04):Let’s Build Intergenerational Partnerships
Day 3 (26/04):Let’s Combat Loneliness and Social Isolation
Day 4 (27/04):Let’s Celebrate Intergenerational Spaces and Communities
Day 5 (28/04):Let’s Break Down Age Barriers
Day 6 (29/04):EU day – Solidarity between Generations
Day 7 (30/04):Let's Build Intergenerational Workplaces
 
Events
There's also webinars which you can take part in. Find out more about Creating Intergenerational Communities programme and how to raise the quality of intergenerational work

Or perhaps join us for a session on Generational Misunderstandings, where we will discuss important and relevant misunderstandings that may occur between generations that will influence intergenerational work.
You may prefer to watch a new intergenerational film, Lives Well Lived Virtual Screening and Virtual Q&A session with filmmaker, Sky Bergman to discuss some of the themes.

Check out the resources that include lots of ideas of activities you can do to bring different generations together.

We are a membership organisation and welcome people from diverse roles and settings, and many different types of organisations.

Membership remains FREE to most people living and based in Scotland, thanks to our funders including Scottish Government.

Membership provides discounted rates for online training modules and training courses, in-person and online, including our accredited International Certificate in Intergenerational Practice.